Pilgrims boarding bus for Mecca

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Title Pilgrims boarding bus for Mecca
Photo Number p0561n02_09_09
Description Black and white photo showing Pilgrims boarding a bus, leaving Jiddah for Mecca; "Mecca, also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located 70 km inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m above sea level"-- Wikipedia
Creator Arabian American Oil Company
Date 1955-11
Textual Date November 1955
Keywords Saudi Aramco Jeddah; Cities and towns; Vehicles; Land vehicles; Freewheeled vehicles; Passenger vehicles; Buses; Men; Pilgrims; Ceremonial structures; Religious structures; Minarets; Snapshots
Subject Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs; Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Photographs; Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
Additional Information The photographs in the Wallace Earle Stegner Photograph Collection include portraits of Wallace Stegner, his wife Mary Page Stegner, their son Stuart Page Stegner, and one of his good friends, the writer Bernard DeVoto, as well as various photographs from trips he took that include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, and Asia.
Collection Number and Name P0561 Wallace Stegner Photograph Collection
Collection Name Wallace Stegner
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Type Image
Finding Aid http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35256/
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, 24-bit color at 400 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6mp6k09
Setname uum_map
ID 994536
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mp6k09
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